Our Prayer Closet
"But you, when you pray, go into your room , close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you." (Matthew 6:6) The King James Version of this passage says, "But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet. . ."
Beloved, I have been most blessed to know the power of prayer! I love that we, as children of the Most High, can enter His throne room and have direct access to the Father. Under the old covenant, the Most Holy Place could not be entered by the people. Only the high priest could enter the Holy of Holies once a year. (Hebrews 9:7-15) When Christ died for us and drew His last breath on the cross, the temple curtain was torn in two from top to bottom. This inner curtain separated the Holy Place from the most Holy Place in the temple. This tearing signified Christ's making it possible for all believers to enter directly into His presence. We can come to the throne of grace, at any time, because the perfect One has offered His One and Only Son as the perfect sacrifice, atoning for our sin. (Hebrews 10:19-23, Mark 15:37-38, Matthew 27:50-51) PRAISE GOD!! We can enter the Holy of Holies!
Prayer has always been an essential part of my life. I remember as a little girl starting a tradition that I have always kept, my closet of prayer. I love spending sweet time with my Savior, pouring out my heart to Him and allowing Him to speak. I loved singing praises to my Lord and feeling His presence so mightily.
One of my dearest childhood memories is seeing my Momma sitting at the kitchen table every morning with her cup of coffee, reading the Word of God and spending time in prayer. I remember going with my Daddy, on many occasions, to peoples homes, to have prayer with them. I cherish the many times I have been able to be with my husband as we have gathered with our church family and layed hands on those who wanted prayer. I cherish our prayer times together as a family. I love the memories of tucking my baby boy in at night and saying bedtime prayers with him. I love sweet memories of praying with friends and having them pray for me. My favorite prayer is that of a lost soul giving their heart to Jesus.
Prayer is essential, powerful and commanded in the Word of God. It is how we talk to our Savior and commune with Him. 2 Chronicles 7:14 says, "If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." We are to "pray for those who persecute you," (Matthew 5:44), "pray for those who mistreat you" (Luke 6:28), pray as Christ taught us (Luke 11:1-4), "pray that you will not fall into temptation." (Luke 22:40), pray when you are in trouble (James 5:13), pray when you are sick (James 5:14), and "pray continually." (1 Thessalonians 5:17). "The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective." (James 5:16)
We can pray from anywhere, anytime and in any situation. We see many examples of this in scripture. Jesus often went off to a solitary place to pray. (Mark 1:35, Matthew 14:23, Mark 6:46, Luke 6;12) Jonah prayed from the belly of a fish (Jonah 2:1) and Anna prayed in the temple (Luke 2:37-38). My friends, we can come to Jesus at anytime, anywhere and talk to Him just as we talk to our friends. (Exodus 33:11, James 2:23).
Are we spending time in prayer? Do we have a quiet, solitary place that we can go to and spend time with Jesus? (a closet of prayer) Are we praying for others and believing God for the answers? I remember hearing a story of a busy mom who did just this very thing. She had 19 children and I am quite sure she had her hands full. Where in the world did she find time to spend in a quiet place with the Lord? She would often pull her apron over head and spend time praying. Her children knew that when her apron was over her head, their Momma was spending some much needed time with the Savior. This famous Mom was Susanna Wesley, the Mother of John Wesley. By simply pulling an apron over her head, she was entering her closet of prayer.
Let's make time to spend time in prayer. I love having the opportunity to pray for my Journey Girls! It is such an honor and priveledge. I want us to be able to pray for specific requests in each others lives. You will notice a new button to the right of the page called "JG Prayer Closet." This will be our place where we can go to and post specific prayer requests. Then, we can take them into our own closets of prayer and pray for each other daily. We can go to the Lord and intercede for each other. My prayer is 1 Samuel 12:23 that says, "As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by failing to pray for you and teach you the way that is good and right." I promise to pray with you and believe God for the answers.
"Now then, stand still and see this great thing the LORD is about to do before your eyes!" (1 Samuel 12:16)We will see His hand at work, when we fervantly pray and seek Him. One thing that I know for sure, God answers prayers! He is waiting and listening. . . Let us enter into the throne room and sit at His feet.
Praying for you,
Elisabeth
Beloved, I have been most blessed to know the power of prayer! I love that we, as children of the Most High, can enter His throne room and have direct access to the Father. Under the old covenant, the Most Holy Place could not be entered by the people. Only the high priest could enter the Holy of Holies once a year. (Hebrews 9:7-15) When Christ died for us and drew His last breath on the cross, the temple curtain was torn in two from top to bottom. This inner curtain separated the Holy Place from the most Holy Place in the temple. This tearing signified Christ's making it possible for all believers to enter directly into His presence. We can come to the throne of grace, at any time, because the perfect One has offered His One and Only Son as the perfect sacrifice, atoning for our sin. (Hebrews 10:19-23, Mark 15:37-38, Matthew 27:50-51) PRAISE GOD!! We can enter the Holy of Holies!
Prayer has always been an essential part of my life. I remember as a little girl starting a tradition that I have always kept, my closet of prayer. I love spending sweet time with my Savior, pouring out my heart to Him and allowing Him to speak. I loved singing praises to my Lord and feeling His presence so mightily.
One of my dearest childhood memories is seeing my Momma sitting at the kitchen table every morning with her cup of coffee, reading the Word of God and spending time in prayer. I remember going with my Daddy, on many occasions, to peoples homes, to have prayer with them. I cherish the many times I have been able to be with my husband as we have gathered with our church family and layed hands on those who wanted prayer. I cherish our prayer times together as a family. I love the memories of tucking my baby boy in at night and saying bedtime prayers with him. I love sweet memories of praying with friends and having them pray for me. My favorite prayer is that of a lost soul giving their heart to Jesus.
Prayer is essential, powerful and commanded in the Word of God. It is how we talk to our Savior and commune with Him. 2 Chronicles 7:14 says, "If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." We are to "pray for those who persecute you," (Matthew 5:44), "pray for those who mistreat you" (Luke 6:28), pray as Christ taught us (Luke 11:1-4), "pray that you will not fall into temptation." (Luke 22:40), pray when you are in trouble (James 5:13), pray when you are sick (James 5:14), and "pray continually." (1 Thessalonians 5:17). "The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective." (James 5:16)
We can pray from anywhere, anytime and in any situation. We see many examples of this in scripture. Jesus often went off to a solitary place to pray. (Mark 1:35, Matthew 14:23, Mark 6:46, Luke 6;12) Jonah prayed from the belly of a fish (Jonah 2:1) and Anna prayed in the temple (Luke 2:37-38). My friends, we can come to Jesus at anytime, anywhere and talk to Him just as we talk to our friends. (Exodus 33:11, James 2:23).
Are we spending time in prayer? Do we have a quiet, solitary place that we can go to and spend time with Jesus? (a closet of prayer) Are we praying for others and believing God for the answers? I remember hearing a story of a busy mom who did just this very thing. She had 19 children and I am quite sure she had her hands full. Where in the world did she find time to spend in a quiet place with the Lord? She would often pull her apron over head and spend time praying. Her children knew that when her apron was over her head, their Momma was spending some much needed time with the Savior. This famous Mom was Susanna Wesley, the Mother of John Wesley. By simply pulling an apron over her head, she was entering her closet of prayer.
Let's make time to spend time in prayer. I love having the opportunity to pray for my Journey Girls! It is such an honor and priveledge. I want us to be able to pray for specific requests in each others lives. You will notice a new button to the right of the page called "JG Prayer Closet." This will be our place where we can go to and post specific prayer requests. Then, we can take them into our own closets of prayer and pray for each other daily. We can go to the Lord and intercede for each other. My prayer is 1 Samuel 12:23 that says, "As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by failing to pray for you and teach you the way that is good and right." I promise to pray with you and believe God for the answers.
"Now then, stand still and see this great thing the LORD is about to do before your eyes!" (1 Samuel 12:16)We will see His hand at work, when we fervantly pray and seek Him. One thing that I know for sure, God answers prayers! He is waiting and listening. . . Let us enter into the throne room and sit at His feet.
Praying for you,
Elisabeth
1 Response to Our Prayer Closet
Journey Girls,
We can also go to the JG Prayer Closet to post praises and answers to prayers! This is going to be so much fun!!! God is so good! I love y'all & I am on my knees tonight - praying for you! :) Good night sweet ones!
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